The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-19 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A correspondent has handed us a letter, dated " Pest, June IS," which will be found in another column, and to which we invite the attention of our readers. It relates to the prosecution by the Austrian Go; ernment of Baron Wesselenyi, a Huogarien noblemen, whose name is not unknown in this esuntry. The case of this nobleman, as it has been detei'ed to us, is certainly one of very great hardship. It is notorious that Austria bad for many years uniformly vieleterl ;he contract of union (Diploma Leo poldittutn). between herself and Tiansylvania. By that contract it was stipulated that Diets should be held at least once every three years, and that they should assist in the Government. For twenty years this contract was a dead letter. No D:et was held. The people were left, It is needless to add, without redress for those abuses which are sure to flood in upon an unrepresented Country- Under these circumstances, Baron Wesse ley' refused to allow the Government to take his peasantry for the army. His example was immediately Followed througheut Transylvania, awl a Diet was at length held. In this assembly Wessclenyi led an Opposi tion that prose(' itself too powerful for the Government. Amongst the means to which the leader had recourse to strengthen the power of his party, was the publication of the reports of the Diet. • For this purpose he had brought with t o e) from Eneland a lithographic apparatus, which he presented tom` the Diet. They immediately resolved regu lady to publish their proceedings. The next day the j)iet was dissolved ! A trumpery accusation was got up against Baron Wesselenyi, the character of which may be estimated from the fact that one of the charges against him was that he had " educated his illegitimate children." This specie' of persecution obliged Baron Wesselenyi to escape from th© jurisdiction of the authorities, by whom judgment was gieen a gainst him. He soon became a leading m ember in the Diet of Hungary, which Lad already passed laws in favour of the peasantry, though aeithout being able to obtain the royal assent to them. In the meantime the Government was busy fomenting di e - se-awe; between the peasantry and the nobles. Baron Wesselens4 felt it his duty to denounce the tools they had e m p lo y ed. At a public meeting he cautioned the peasantry against being misled by agents who were amongst them, and whose object was to incense them against the nobles. In consequence of this conduct, proceedings were instituted against him, and as they are now drawing to a tardy termination —they were com menced, we believe, in 1835—apprehensions are enter tained that the result may be unfavourable. We do hope that the Austrian Government will pause before it pur sues this prosecution to the unfortunate issue of a con viction. The very same sentiments for which it is sought to punish this nobleman have been repeated again and again in the Diet, the members of which have more than once protested against the perse cution of their brother. It is well known that the nobles, who are the constituency of the Diet, and who constitute about one-twelfth of the population of Hungary, are almost unanimously against the proceeding. Surely it would be impolitic to follow up even a just prosecution against the convictions and strong feelings of a class so large and so powerful. It would be no very difficult matter to excite amongst the enthusiastic Hungarians a movement that might prove troublesome, if not dangerous ; while, upon the other hand, much discontent may be allayed by a slight concession to strict justice. Going amongst his Italian sub jects, the Emperor of Austria will find the gratitude of the Hungarians a safer as well as a more becoming herald to his coronation festivities than the dissatisfaction. that is sure to be created by a perseverance in this most unpopular prosecution. —Morning Chronicle. In endeavouring to expose the deceptive and vicious character of " the East India Labourers Bill," we showed the day before yesterday that it formally legalizes an inde finite prolongation of the colo nial a pp renticeshi p s y stem, of Which -it is a mischievous modification ; and secondly, that the protection it affects to provide for the Hill Coolies can not possibly prevent the enormities which their systematic transmigration is fitted to engender. To appoint a body of protective officers who shall take care that no kidnapped Cooly be permitted to emigate without being furnished with a copy of his conditions of servitude written in his own vernacular tongue, and duly explained to him—that his sweat-money shall be paid at least once a month—that in case of certified debility on his part, or non-fulfilment of contract on the part of his gang-master, lie shall be released from his five years' bondage, and sent back to India at the latter's expense—all this, we allow, may be made to look spe cious enough upon paper, though not without the help of such picked and plausible words as effectually disguise the reali ties of which they falsely profess to be the symbols. But when these provisions are looked at with a searching eye, we are much mistaken if they be not found wholly inope raSive for any useful purpose. The Cooly broker, be it remembered , does not lime his twigs in the presence of a protectis e officer. His birds are all caught, crammed, and virtually ceeed before the authorities hear any thing of the matter. That the decoy notes of the fowler will be so unskilfully whistled, or his bait so clumsily set, as, whostile ile otherwise attractive to his prey, shall provoke the h interposition of the individual whom lie wishes to make an accessory of, were a supposition too discreditable to his art io be entertained for a moment. Only let the trap-setting be, fairly licensed, as by the proposed Bill, and not an ob stacle will arise to prevent the captivity of a single come at-able Cook, we answer for it. All the negotiations will ha so cleverly managed, that, aithout either_ un hooding or scaring the victim, the inspecting functionary shall be perfectly satisfied—nor, as long as the ignorant and inexperienced Coolies are necessarily incompetent to realize either the oppressive drudgery or the wretched requital they are about to be fettered for, can we view the protective clause, requiring them to be thoroughly instructed io t he nature or their contract, as anything bet ter than a mere legislative farce. 3. Our third objection to the proposed transmigration of these tribes is, that it must inevitably prove highly injurious to the existing. emamenated negroes in the West India islands. Not withstarufne; the expense of their passage and of brokerage in the Eastern markets, the effecting of crowding the colo ries with Hill Coolies (who are notoriously able to main tit; themselves at a much cheaper rate than the old class of slaves) must necessarily be to lower the wages of the free blacks. With the exception of such of the latter as havpen to be coopers, coppersmiths, or carpenters, the labour of the Africans and Creoles generally will not be referred to that of their new rivals, who nag, without difficulty, become expert workmen in a week or two. The consequence will be, thkt vast Lumbers of the black population must either subm't to wages 50 insuN;ient as to subject them to priva tions which even in slavery they were strangers to, e. they must be thrown c ue of employment altogether, and left to actual s tarvation. In this way it is easy to see that the few provident planers with who m this Cool y business h‘rs originated are likely to obtain a to!eriably sweet revenee f'or the Einanc"pation Act. by living to see the freo blacks in a worse condition than duri e•eir bondage, mil do prived of those sufficient means of self-support which, at best, would be bat a pitiful recempense fir their oast indignities tin I sufferings. These unrortimate beings ir seam to li ss b been e per stauted by a relentless f etc. Fur a s nee subjected to the lash end chain. At b ngtb their redemp tion has been nominally accomplished ; but no sooner A re they set free and tbro:vn upon their own resources by en act of the British Legislature, than an arrangement is made by the same holy to cashier them out of the labour market, or to render their subsistence both precarious and miserable. This is " out of the frying-pan into the fire" with a witness ; nr, to speak more gravely, it is an unlooked for ultimatum, of which we know not whether the cruelty or inconsistency be the more revolting and reprehen sible. 4. And lastly, for the present, the whole experiment is alike unnecessary and uncalled for. From the latest intelligence, it appears that nearly all our Crown and char tered colonies are taking active measures to bring even the apprenticeship system to a premature end. Ohjcctions of various kinds are no doubt urged against it by individual local proprietors ; but not one word do we Lear of any numerical insufficiency of free labourers. What are the grounds, then, on which the introduction of Hill Coolies to these colonies is insisted on? Have the West India proprietors, as a body, presented any clamorous importu nities in favour of the measure ? With the exception of a few, and especially an eminent proprietor connected with British Guiace, to whose good intentions we are willing to give all credit, the West India proprietors generally, (as we learn from the best authority) have not only made no movement in the matter, but are even opposed to it, because, to use the ords of our respectable informant, "besides the w crime and suffe rin g which may possibly be introduced, it %aid be most. injurious to the colonies." But if the measure be uncalled for by those who ought to bo the best judges of its necessity, neither can it be pretended that the trans mieration of Hill Coolies is rendered expedient by their liability to obtain work and subsistence in their natite lanJ. This point was clearly and successfully adverted to by Sit' C. Forbes at the late specie , general Court of the East Ind;:' Company : nor was there a single gentleman then present who ventured to impugn the statements of the Honourable Baronet, whose intimate acquaintance with Indian affairs ''enders him a high authority-en all such matters. For these reasons, we hold that the 7else/e scheme is one of the most idle and gratuitous specimens, official impertinence that we have recently heard of. We arc glad to observe that the sound head of his Grace the Duke of Wellington is reverting to the support which lie inadvertently gave this measure with divers unequivocal symptoms of distrust : nor :ire we without a sanguine hope that if even it should reach the House of Common!, it will be so entirely changed in its character and object, that the crafty cupidity of the Hill Cooly dealers will be balked effectually and for ever.—Times. THE SUN, LONDON; THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1838. The doom of the beer-shops is sealed. By all persons, and in all parts of the country, where the operation of these nurseries of vice is witnessed, there is one loud and uni - irsal cry against them. Among the denouncers of the beer-shops we Is ive Vsis dty to include the Grand Jury at Chilesford. Wlien they came into Court to he dischareed, after in awing the usual formal present mene,!hey eagerly -va led t iiem.selves of the opportunity thus afforded them of bearing their te:611011v to the frightful arts resulting from the beer shop measure, and of congratulating the country on the introduction of a Bill which Lae for its object the extinc tion of beer-shops. " After," says our reporter, " Vie Grand Jury iia.:l made the usual formal presentment. they stetel. in addition, that they regretted to see that the de merel;zing influence of the beer-shops in the country sad continued, and they rejoiced to learn that a measure was now before the Legislature which would hare the effect of doing away with them altogether ; and they hoped that it would speedily become the law of the land." The hopes of the Grand Jury of Chelmsford will be realized before the lapse of six months. It will be one of the first Acts of Parliament, on its re-assembling in the begienine• of- next year, to repeal the misch ievous Act of 1829. 'When so respectable and disinterested a body as the Grand Jury of Chelmsford comes forward with so much avidity to bear witness to the, pernicious working of that measure, the country will at once form some conception of the fearful state of things which has been produced by it. Need we sey,that the testimony of such a body of gentlemen —themselves, be it remembered, eye-witnesses of the re sults which they deprecate—must have its weight, had any such additional weight been wanting, in causing the Legislature to proceed with the utmost practicable expedition in abating the beer-shop nuisance ? Not less important were the observations of Lord Denman in reference to the same subject. His Lord ship said :—.‘ The subject was most certainly one of very great importance, and the representation which had just been made, comit , as it did from a body of such in fluence as the Grand Jury of the county of Essex, de serted most serious consideration, and he would take care that it should be laid before her Majesty's Se cretary of State, who, he had no doubt, would pay the proper attention to it." The testimony which the Chelms ford Grand Jury thus bear against the beer-shop system will, we doubt not, be borne, ere long, by every Grand Jury in England. The evil has now reached such a height as to demand the interference of every man who values the well being of society, or the morals or happiness of the work ing classes. We doubt if ever an Act of Parliament was passed since the time of the dissolute Charles the Second which has played such fearful havoc with the morals of the lower orders as the Beer-shop Bill of 1829. The doom of the system kwe repeat, irrevocably sealed. Mr. Hume may put himself to a world of toil and trouble in propping it up ; Mr. Warburton may be as lavish of his ponderous witticisms as he pleases when seek ing to uphold the beer-shops ; Mr. Hawes may move for as many returns as he thinks fit of the number of pers ins taken into custody at metropolitan fairs, with the view, of showing that beer-shops in those places by no means lead to crime ; and the Morning Chronicle may be " phi losophical," and the Examiner ironical, in vindicating the beer-shop principle ; but all will not do ; the voice of the country is against those places, and down they must go. To the country we promise the riddance of a nuisance of incalculable magnitude; and to the Licensed Victuallers we hold out the assured prospect of a deliverence from the operation of one of the most unjust and iniquitous mea sures towards a respectable body of men which ever re_ ceived the sanction of the Legislature.—Morn. Advertiser Our anti-Church Establishment Contemporary, the Exa-' miner, affecting to believe that Lord J. Russell, Mr, O'Connell, and the Papist ecclesiastical authorities in Ire land, are not implicitly or explicitly identified in their ob jects, in-reference to the Established Church, observes : " Lord John Russell may implore Mr. O'Connell to use his powerful exertions to give effect to the measure, but if his Lordship studies the signs of the times in Ireland he will per ceive that the people are taking the Church question into their own hands, and are forming resolutions which show them to be far removed from any temporizing . influence." This edifyin g passage, being interpreted, would seen to mean that our Whig-Papist Ministry, Mr. O'Connell, and their respective fellow-labourers in lieland, have so effec tively fomented the anti-Protestant spirit in that country, that nothing short of the total abolition of the Church by law established will satisfy their Papist clients. "To this complexion is it come at last ?" Such are the blessed fruits of " Liberalism," and concession and Whiggery. A con summation, the attainment of which pre-supposes rebellion and revolution in Ireland—which could not be sanctioned or suffered by the Sovereign, without a forfeiture of the Crown—is thus complacently, not to say exultingly, con templated. We are told by the Examiner that this consummation is inevitable : or. to use the docorous illustration and facetious phraseology of our Ministerial contemporary— . " As .Gay says of the cucumber, that after it has been dressed with all nicety and care, the best thing to do with it is to fling it away ; so it appears that after all the mincing of the great grievance of Catholic Ireland, the only good thing to do with it is to do away with it altogether. And to that consumniatio 3 it must come at last." It would be difficult to be more jocular and tolerant on a topic involving., hypothetically, II:gb treason and the dis memberment of the empire. The Examiner not being os tensibly an organ of the Ministry, any conclusion drawn from the tone adopted by that Journal may be considered' unfounded or unsatisfactory as regards the policy, positive or negative, of the Goterntnent, in reference to the Establish ment in Ireland. To the Chronicle the same objection does not apply. That respectable journal is, indeed, nothing if not Ministerial. Yet is it more rabidly anti-Protestant, if po.sible, than the Examiner, and were it not that its del nels neutralises the effects of its malice, would be equally dangerous. This combination, however, does but ren der it a more appropriate organ of the obtuse and malig nant fiction whose policy it advocates. Whether weak ness or wickedness he the more marked characteristic of the present Administration may be matter of doubt. But that they have achieved a degree of pre-eminence in evils which entitles them to be cqu Illy detested and despised. the state to which their selfish and premeditated misgo vernment has reduced Ireland affords a melancholy and conclusive proof. II ol anything been wanting to complete their claim to the contempt a s well as hatred of every Pro testant l3ritor, the whining cant of Lord John Russell on the apprehended injury to the stability of the Irish Church would have furnished it. Could the Whig-Pap i st tool of the Irish priestocracy have persuaded himself that such dastardly stimulation would impose on his English and Pro tes.aat tnemies, or even gratify his Irish and Papist friends? Or was the offensive exhibition a mere, indulgence of Isisap latite fo • ttickery.—Merning Post. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.-INQUEST (From our Second iditien of Last Night.) Miry Baines, 10, 111.ickhorse court, corroborated Mr. Pipe . evidence with regvird to the house of ill-fame, No. 8. Margaret Tomlie, tht , nurse, was recalled, and closely questioned by tire jury. She sltZted that on the night previous to his death, deceaied receive d two draughts front Miers and Mrs. Pow. They were of a pale vellow colour. Witness told Nliers. the Monday previous to Pow's d a!lt. that she hal given him half a pint of gin, and fliers said that nas enough. John Pople, son of Mr. Pople, proprietor of the Roebuck, Tottenham-eourt-ro2d. deposed that the nurse (whom he identified) came a little before five one morning last week to his fathers' shop. and had three half quarterns of gin. She said, " make haste, I have a man dying, who is ordered to drink nothing but girt," A short time after she came again, and had a quartern of gin, and one of brandy, and in about half an hour three more half- quarterns were saved to h r. Mr. J. Wells, registrar of births and deaths for St. Pancras, stated, that on the 13th inst. Mires registered the death of de ceased as arising from delirium tremens. About this period Tiers appeared at the doo?, but was ordered to withdrew. Dr. Brook here returned, and deposed, that having exa mined the deceased's bode, he found the stomach in a natural external condition, but 'the inner, or mucous membrane, much inflamed. The liver was in the state common to persons addicted to drinking. The stomach and bowels • were empty, but much distended with gas. The appear ances of the stomach and liver were not sufficient to account for death. Could not say that deceased died of delirium tremens, though from appearances it was not unlikely ; co mineral poison had been adftiinistered ; but vegetable poison would not, owing to the advanced state of decomposition in which the body was, be detected now. Cannot speak posi tively as to the cause of death. Spirits it was most Improper to give to a patient in such a states. Mr. Preedy gave similar evildenne, adding that he did not believe the deceased died from de/Warn /tenons. The whole of the evidence was then read over by the clerk, after which the Jury retired for an hour to refresh themselves; on re-assembling, other evidence was heard, but not of importance, being corroboratory of that already given; and, at half-past ten o'clock at night, the Jury wore left alone, when, after a short c,naidcrstion, the inquiry Ka ~gain arlj3urned until Monday next, after lasting near elevcn boors. SummitAm.—A fatal accident Grxt,irred on Mon day in the Swiss Gardet;g. It appears that a lad named firoolipj, who was employed on the premises, wept out as usual early in the morning to pump the water from the hold beutaa the floating temple. About vven o'clock Mrs, Welk another person engagi:d in the gardens, having occasion for his services, called to Brooker; but receivlpg tio answer, went out to look for him, whEd slip perceived his hat swimming .oss the lake, and one of his hands protruding 14 fewe the water. Mrs. ' Welt, th.t,intly raised an alarm, assistance was proauted, go the unfortunate y oo :h was ext6cated four his perilous situation ; but hit sensible, and taodg6 14 0 113 medical men were promptly in attenda..4,,:, ever" c ji o rt to restore arsimati;,; proved unavailing. The water where f or tu th tte occurrence. hapPeruhi ../a; feet 8 inches in depth. It i th : i : n up u pa ,4 ;topping from the temple to in order to get ashore, hit f oo t sjpii . o 4;0 he fell, as the water was t00u,2 be all out of s th , e o f o en- - - vesiyai4 fin . "0, 1 ,19n Guardian. 09;,;ters are expected co c ,„ 1 , 99 p i of 14nle . r . e_nce.— Brut( rlayssemble in this city i;f7)NTijurerylao. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS, JULY 18. The SPEAKER tock the Cba:r at the usual hour. 1, On the nmtion cf Mr. BIZ OT lIE ItTON, the Sugar Itefin ibg Patent Bill was read a second time and ordwed to be Committed. • On the mution of Sir E. WILMOT, the Lordi' amend ments to the Derby and Biriningham Railway ,Bill were agreed to. MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURTS BILL. Mr. CRAWFORD moved the Order of the Day for the adjourned debate on the Middlesex County Courts Bill. The adjournment he said had taken place at the instance of the Under Secretary for the Home Department, to ascertain the intention of Government with respect to a particular clause which had been objected to. He then moved the insertion of the clause. Sir E. SUGDEN objected to the 40th and s'me other clauses. There was a general Bill before the Hous , , which would come on in the course of the evening, in which juris diction was given to Justices generally over the kingdom. Mr. FOX MAULE thought his Hon. Friend had better withdraw the clause. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the Hon. Member would not I consent to withdraw the clause, as in his opinion is was the most valuable part of the Bill. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appeared— For the motion For the Amendment Majority in favour of the clause JO The clause was then added. On the question that the Bill do pass, Captain WOOD said he could not help, before the Bill passed, protesting against a measure of this kind being intro duced under the guise of a private Bill. He believed this was the first time power was given to the Crown to appoint a Judge without a salary. Mr. AG LION BY said the Bill throughout the proceed ings in the Committee had been treated as a public measure ; and the Members of the Committee, feeling there was some responsibility on them, paid more attention to the Bill and to particular clauses than they otherwise would have done. Lord TE IGN MO UT H did not feel competent to give an opinion on the legal provisions of the Bill ; but after a most violent opposition of four dars, not a single accusation was brought forward to induce the Committee to reject the Bill. In fact no division took place on the preamble. There were on the Committee gentlemen of great legal skill of both par ties, and in addition to this it had come under the revision of the House. He hoped, therefore, credit would be given to the Committee for not having endeavoured to smuggle the Bill through the House after they had taken four weeks to consider its provisions. After a few observations from Mr. Darby, Lord Granville Somerset, and Mr. Freshfield, the Bill passed. ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH CHURCHES. Mr. GILLON gave notice, that on the motion for the third reading of the Scotch Churches Bill, he should move that it be read a third time that day three months. Mr. HUME gave notice of his intention to- morrow, when the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Department moved his resolution relative to the proposed grant for the Esta blished Churches in England and Ireland, to move that they would be unjust to the interests of Scotland, and totally sub versive of those principles on which alone good Government could be based. . 26 _____ __ ______ FOREIGN COMMERCE. Mr. M‘LE AN had a petition to present from the Merchants and Traders of Glasgow, praying the House to take into their serious consideration the state of the Foreign Commerce of the country. Captain PEC HE LL rose to order. He had been informed by the Speaker that no petition could be received after half pat four o'clock. Acting upon that information, he had been disippumted of an opportunity of presenting a public petition on two days, as the private business had consumed the half hour. The SPEAKER said the present petition required to be presented, as it must be printed, in order that a motion might .be founded upon it. Sir R. PEEL suggested that, as none of the Ministers were then in their places, probably it might be convenient that the House should receive petitions for a short time longer. The SPEAKER said whatever was convenient to the [louse was convenient to him; only it was his duty to attend to the orders of the House.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. *LEAN then brought up the petition, and gave no. tice that he would call the attention of the House to it on the 26th of July. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS (IRELAND) BILL. The Registration of Voters (Ireland) Bill went through Committee. WESTERN AUSTRALIA BILL. Sir GEORGE GREY moved the second reading of the Western Australia Bill. Mr. HINDLEY would suggest to the Hon. Baronet whe ther it was fit in the present state of Australia to continue till 1841, as this Bill proposed to do, the powers which certain in dividuals, the Commissioners, already had. He also thought the Aborigines ought to be protected, and that a clause should be introduced by which a certain portion of land should be appropriated to native inhabitants. He threw out these sug gestions to the Hon. Baronet, and he hoped his Bill would be so framed in Committee as to meet the cases to which he had adverted. Sir GEORGE GREY replied to the Hon. Member; but his observations were nearly inaudible, as they usually are, from the position taken by the Hon. Baronet when he ad dresses the House. We understood him to say that he hoped the measure taken for protecting the Aborigines would prove satisfactory to the Hon. Member. Mr. El UNIE said when this establishment was co nmeneed the House had a pledge that no establishment should be charged on the Conselid :ted Fund ; instead of which there would be a vote proposed in the course of a few days for 12,000/., whilst there were only 2,000 inhabitants. This was one means of robbing the people of England to keep up an establishment. There was no necessity for a Governor and all toe other paraphernalia which were found here. It appeared to him that the Colonial Department got money a great deal too easy. Here was a grant of money as large as could b. required for a colony of 60,000 or 70,000 persons. He had no doubt the Hon. Gentleman at the head of this department found the office as it now was, but if he dealt with attention to the people of England he would make those parties contri bute to their own expense, instead of which the colony con sisted of persons supported principally at the public expense. After a few remarks from Sir GEORGE GREY, the Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. RECOVERY Ol• TENEMENTS. . _ _ Mr. AGLIONBY moved that the Report on the Recovery of Tenements Bill should be further considered. Sir E. SUG DEN wished to know whether it was the in tention of the lion, and Learned Member to press the Bill further during the present Session. The reason he asked that question was in consequence of the absence of several country gentlemen who were anxious to take part in the discussion on the Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY seid that it certainly was his intention to press the Bill forward with all the energy he was possessed of, as it hal already been postponed for three dill rent Ses sions, in consequence of one of the most uncalled fo: opposi tions that was ever heard of. S:r E. SUG DEN said that such being the case, be felt bound to move that the Bill should be recommitted that day three mend's. He MIS sure if the House wished to keep welt %Hi the country, it would not pass the Bill, as it gave all tint advantage to the rich and none to the poor, That might do very ,well in 'l'urkey, but it would not do in a eivilize.l country. According to the wording of the Bill before the House the very nicest points of law would be submitted to the considera tion of two Justices—men who of ncc.'esity were almost un acquainted with the laws of property. The very first use which %you'd be made of the Bill no doubt would be the oppression of the par, who were now in the enjoyment of wastes on manors.. No doubt a aie tt number of poor persons would be tin inediately turned out of such enjoyment, es, with the assistance of two Justices, that might be done at an expense affront 3s. to 4s. Th... object of this Bill was to give the power of turning out • at the will of the landlord ev, , ry humble tenant, and without any expense to the landlord. He certainly did not expect such a measure as this would come from what was called the 1 Liberal side of the House. The rights of the poor would be I trampled on by this Bill. He believed the Bill pro ceeded altogether on a wrong principle, and he should give it his most decided opposition.—( Hear, hear, hear. ) lie thought the Hon. Gentleman ought to give more time for this 841 to be circulated amongst the people, in order that their opinions might be asce:tainel He could not see what nece'sity there was for the desperate haste to inflict so serious an injury on the lower orders of the people .for the benefit of rich.thecapt ain WOOD seconded the amendment. Sir E. WILMOT thought the evils anticipated by the R i g ht Honourable Gentleman ( Sir E. Sugden) had b'en gro ssly exaggerated.—( Hear , hear.) H e ( S ir E . \V.) would be the last man to give the Magistrates a power which they ought not to have. He agreed with the Right Honourab l e Getleman that Magistrates ought not to be called on to d ec ide on intricate points of law, where tenants in tail and eflin ts in fee and settlements were . involved. But they were t to be called on to decide on merely trivial matters. The country, so far as he was aware, was almost unanimous in thinking this a fair Bill. Mr. AGLIONBY congratulated himself on the lengthened s peech of the Learned Mmber for Ripon, for had lie spoken at an earlie,r period, he ( Mr. Aglionby) might not have been able to control his remarks on the misrepresen tations which the Honourable Member had made on this Bil l , as well as on the tone, mariner, and expressions used towards himself as a public individual. He was willing to throw himself upon the country and be tried by it, whether l i e was not as little likely to introduce any law savouring ,of Turkey as the Hon. and Learned Member himself. __(.6 Hesr" and laughter.) He admitted the statement o f , the Right Honourable Baronet, that the present was not the same Bill that hal been three times post poned ; but why was it not so ? Because the Select Com rn:ttee to which the Bill had been referred had alteTed it. Tile Mil ill the preeeq; 0w t 3,9 wall net so favourable I , the poor as when it was originally introduced, because under it the Magistrates were made judicial instead o f ministerial. Ile felt bound to deny the staqtments of tl - 4 , kionoqrable enfl lief - nod M em b er t h at h e h a d ' acted unjustly towards the poor man-his object was to protect him against the oppression of the rich.--( Hear 1 A s the law at preseqt stood the temt !IWO, lirvia in karaq gotig 4. nqtiCP Lit . 43 days, but in ail he must have 31 before he went out. He had applied to the Right Honourable Gen tleman ( Sir. R. Peel) for his assistance upon the Coin . m ittee, which had been refused ; he therefore thoiiol.t is w as most tplust and improper for tie honourable dentleman LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE- CHA.NCELL OR' S COL' R7', JULY 18. SIMES V. DUFF. , . Mr. KNIGHT BRUCE moved to continle the comteon injunc tion to restrain proceedings at law. The plaintiffs were silk warehousemen in the City, and the defendants were manu facturers in the same trade, to whom the plaintiffs were largely indebted. In June 1837, the plaintiffs, in consequence of el.b rras railed a meeting of their creditors, at which cue the defendants acted as Chairman, when they pripased to pay their creditors a composition of five shillings in the [ wand. The creditors at length acceded to the proposal, and the defendants, among others. signed a composition dead. It i;pp:2lted, however, the •defendants held at the time some rarities, by a deposit of deeds, for a portion of their debt, with which the other creditors were not made acquainted; and, in consequence of their possession of those securities, the defendants at the same time exacted from the plaintiffs some private terms which would give them more than ss. in the pound. The composition had been almost wholly p iid, and the bill was now filed to set aside the private bargain as a fraud upon tt.e creditors at large. His Ilosotut continued the injunction. PREROGATIVE COURT, JULY 18. ALLISTON AND BOYMAN V. BOYMAN AND BOYNIANI. This is a question as to the validity of two testamentary papers, propounded as additional codicils to the will of the late Captain Richard Baymm, of Grosvenor-place, Camberwell, who died on the Tith of November,lB36, at the advanced age of 92 years. The deceased has left behind him several testa mentary papers : an original will which bears date the 11th of February, 1818, five codicils which, With the will, are undisputed, and the two papers now beeore the Court, which arc propounded by Mr. Allistou, one of the executors named in the will; Mr. Richard Boyman Boy man, the grandson of the deceased ; and an executor named in one of the undis puted papers ; and opposed by Miss Eliza and Miss Mary Boyman, two maiden daughters of the deceased, the other executors named in the will. The near relatives of the testa tor, who arc more or less benefited by his several testamentary acts, are his four daughters, the two unmarried already mentioned, Mrs. Shelley, and Mrs. Pissey ; her son, Mr. R B. Boyman, who has taken the name of his grandfather, the testator in the cause, his brothers and sisters, and the sons awl daughte s of the deceased's other married daughter, Mrs. Shelley, and their children, the testator's great grand children. The original will, dated in 1818, having bequeathed various legacies, gives the residue in trust to the executers, to be divided into four parts, each daughter taking an equal share; and of which paper Mr. Alliston, the confidential solicitor of the deceased, and his daughters, the Misses Boyman, are executor:. The next paper, a codicil to the will, was exe cuted in 1827, and leaves 100/. per annum to Mrs. Shelley, one of the deceased's married daughters, takes from her the share of the residue given by the will, and bequeathing 1,000/. each to her sans Henry and Frederick, makes a tripartite division of the residue between the Misses Boyman and Mrs. Pissey, and gives some property to the son of the latter, Mr. R. )3. Boyman. There are several o ther codicils, bequeathing various legacies, which, however, we need not mention, as they have little or 110 reference to the point at issue in the present litigation. All these papers alluded to are unopposed. The two codicils now in dispute are dated, the first on the 15th of June, 1836, and the other on the 4th of October of the same year. Her Majesty's Advocate appeared on behalf of the execu tors named in the codicil of June, 1636, and supported its ',alidity as well as that executed in October of the same year. Judgment deferred. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, urtrzx 18. Charles Primrose, late an officer in the army, came up for adjudication. The insolvency was ascribed to gambling tran sactions. The insolvent had been a considerable time in prison, and had been callel upon by the authorities of the Horse Guards on the application of a creditor to sell his commission. The case stood adjourned for the attendance of M. Hardman, an attorney, who had disbursed the proceeds ; he was to-day examined and accounted for the disposal of the money. The Insolvent was discharged accordingly. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT- 7 CIIIILMSFORD, JUL Y 17. The business of the assize for the county of Essex CJIII. meuced here this morning, the Commission having been opened yesterday. The cause list is very light; only five common jury causes are entered. There are twenty-three prisoners for trial, and some of the offences with which they are charged are of an aggravated nature. Lord Denman presided in the Crown Court, and delivered the charge to the grand jury. OXFORD CIRCUIT-STAFFORD, JULY 16. The calendar of prisoners for this county is • grievously heavy in point of crime. At the last assize at thii place the calendar was the worst ever known, but the calendar for the pre sent assize exceeds it. On the former occasion there were six distinct cases of felonious assaults upon females, or of attempts to commit such offences. There are now eight of those cases for trial here ; one person being committed to take his trial, charged with two of those offences, cud another person with three other offences of the same kind. At the last assize there were three distinct cases of murder, and the parties were found guilty of murder in two of them. At the present assize a man is charged with the murder of his wife, which is the only case of murder, but there are also other charges in the calendar of a very horrible description. It is worthy of remark that only one of the persons charged with these dreadful offences is wholly illiterate, and that about half of the remaining number can read and write, the rest being able to read only. _ _ MIDLAND CIRCUIT--NonruAMPTON, JULY 17. The Commissioo for this county was opened yesterday even ing, and divine service performed in All Stints' Church this morning, b foie the Judges.of Assize, Sir Nicholas Conyn ham Tiudal,3aud Mr. Justice Bosanqur t. The cause list pre sents about the usual nuber of cases, there being eight enter, d for trial. The calendar is light as to numbers, but among them are the two persons charged with the murder of the old woman at Easton, that has lately excited so much attention. The trial of these two men has just been pos•poned until the next Assizes, on the application of M r. Hihl y ard, Cou:Ael fur the prosecwion, the ground being that, as Mr. Reid, the chief constable of Stamford, and who is also the principal witness in the case, was on the road to Northampton in his gig. in com pany with another person, they were threwu out, and Mr. Reid had his arm broken, and his companion was also severely in jured. The Learned Judge, on thew facts being stated, ordered the ca,e to stand over until the next Assizes. NISI PRIUS COURT. WHITING V. RATNETV. This was ai•action of trover to recover possession of a cart colt. This case occupied the time of the Court front twelve in the forenoon utril half past six in the evenieg, the question it ' vidved being the identity of a horse, and there being contra dictory swearing. Ultimately a verdict was found fur the plaintiff—Damages 101. The advantagt s to be derived from the railway were ex emplified io this :—A Learned Barrister ( Mr. llumfrey) came down to Not Vramptou with his wig box on Wednesday, bat, on opening the same, lo and behold, there was no wig. Ilere was a dilemma. How was the Learned Gentleman to appear in Court ? For to do so without his wig would have been highly indecorous, if not a breach of etiquette not to be overcome. There was yet hope ; for, as the Court was net to ope.n until twelve o'elock on 'Tuesday morning, thP I.:..artred Gentleman's clerk might be despatched by the mail train on Monday night, and return in sufficient time on Tuesday to re-invest Me. Iluatf!ey with all his wonted wisdom. No sooner thought than done, and the clerk returned, heating time by five minutes. • - - WESTERN CIRCI7I7'.-1171.vengsrta, JULY 17. CIVIL COURT. FADMORE V. LAWRENCE• This was an action for slander. The plaintiff is a widow laity, wh o earns h er U ve lih no d by g iving lesson; i n drawing. in the n e i g hb cur h oo d o f Lyaington. li. March last she called : at the hn u . e of tle defendant, who is a clergy man, residing near Milford, to off:r his services in her line to his family. In a few mhattes after she had lift the house the defendant fat lowed her, an'! overtook her at an inn, where he addres;ed her in the presence of otln.r persons, in these words —" You have been at my house, madam—Mrs. Lawrence laid a brooch, worth five pounds, on the t a bl e i n the parlour, where there was nobody else but my snn and y ou , th e brooch is gone' , : ther ou must have taken it—l must search you." The plai n tiff upon this expressed her willingness to be searched, turne d out her Pockets and portfolio, upon which the defendant said, That .-fore won't do ; I must have you better searched ;" upon which he sent fur a woman, and two having arrived, he directed them to slip off thu plaintiff's gown, and they accordingly stripped her so far as her filnnel petticoat. The plaintiff, being in very great diitres3, said, " Are you satisfied " The defen dant rep Led " I am satisfied ; I do not see it, but you may have concealod it in a bank on the way," The plaintiff (lasing me ntioned that silo was respectably conne c t. d, and known to many respectable ladies in the neighbourhood, the defendant said that he had known ladies of high connections having been guilty of shop stealing. The brooch, however was not found on the person of the plaintiff; but it was found in a few hours,- afterwards in a milliner's house in the neighbourhood, where Mrs. Lawrence had left it in the morniag, yet the defendant spiasTastrahrsi i ;:id,,tei the while run lengthways, there w h i e i i ie n h were overturned. never offered any apology to the plaintiff for his conduct. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501. was an action to recover compensation fur an injury . DINT V. LEEDS AND SELBY RAILWAY COMPANY. in one of the third-class carriages, in which, it ap bile being conveyed on the railway. The plaintiff 7 two openings at nw'iiffteen the buffers, was give the passengers access. He was at the end out by the violence of the ran off the rails, tit the switches over which they were passing. t e e n : , t remained he tend o e on eaeh end to when by some mism w an a a s g s e e n: next the engine, litlbiliterdacrialliriFibaegudte : l e ii n v e c r ‘ i l 1 himselfi c c a h rr e i %t a vab g . tie) s e g s tiplh a tl ra f uo t i after dread fully crushed, the boot being actually torn off it. lie was con shock, and his leg being con fined to his bed fc.r thirteen weeks, was an invalid on crutches for up a.ards of half a year. and is cri pp led fur life. V e rdict j for the piaintiff —PmalEes ipo/., CROWN S D.--77.1PRRIeft JULY 17, THE MAYOR AND BURGESSES OF BEVERLY u. r"v„. Thie was an act ion for toll, brought to try the tight of the Cerporatinn to eiiiiril toll within the township of Dicion, as being withiq the "precincts and libeqle§ , " of tbp borough of which their authority extondpd. Alter a iLverley, over . .. . 1. , . ~ lengthened i, aci tiotion, dttring watch a great mass of doen men!ary evklence was proda:(44, the jury returned a verdict 1 fur the defendant. w 04 .4,, Dr 0 poet, is making a little tour in the North of Eniizina, notliing more remarkable than him. self, or more beautiful than sweet I3i4a 11fTplf.-7-pr!rhar4 Heray. to indulge in such h.trsh langusge w i t h respect to th e labours 1 :. , :fl .rati, n of his (the Hen. Nlernher's) convenience would in of th e Committee. The B:11 was intended to bring Item , jes- clue- the 11 :use te co e e 0 its establish, d r wulations. tics: to the pour man. The cottages of the poor landlord were 1 lie ATTO R N E 1 - - GENE R A L s:,i I that he did not feel es much entitled to proleetism as the mansions of the rich. 111 , , vs et' t of th • Right lie-. G ettleinan's objection, as the He was anxious to - ereteet the poor, and woeld consent m:•'ake to wl,ich Le alluded w..s merely i , chnbal, and could . to any amendment 1 . .0 that purpose in this Com:ilia , c— be 4asily lealedied. ( Hear, hear)—but he would not consent to protect the A ter ar, W W 0,14 from Sir R. Nut's and Mr. S. LEFEVRE, dishonest man at the expense of one probably not . Mr. ti OULB U RN said that althouelt in the p - eAeut state much richer than himself from whom lie detained his proprrt,: of the House he ha 1 little hope of doing so 'successfully, lie Ia justice to himself he must say, that since he intended to brit g ,nest still i epeat his pie.test against the tur.her progress of in the Bill ho had taken the opportunity of sen ing the Bil to this II:11. He asserted that if it passed it would certainly give every place throughout the country—not to landlords alone but rise to acts of great injustice. It violated the greet principle to every Mechanics News-ro ,m o f w hi c h h e h o d th e slightest ( e . retiog far the relief of the I'o ;r, which was to apportion the knowledge, and the only complaint he had heard against the rice of the psoperty of the individual rated. lion. Members Bill was that it did not go far e nough for the p ro tection of the might coeseet to tee pawning of this Bill as merely affecting small landlords. He trusted the House would agree to the the pi operty of the Church, but they should recollect that by Bill being committed. doing so they were cetablishing _a principle which might at a After some observationsbythe SOLICITOR-GENERAL, future day efl, et railroads and every other description of pro- The House divided, when the numbers were— perty.—( Hear, hear.) He had a great variety of state rents Fur going into Committee For the amendment Majority against the amendment —lO5 fain a parish in Shropshire. The clergyman's case in this The House then went into Committee. parish was here stated to be that he had commuted his Upon (we believe) the first clause, t the without a single murmur from his parishioners. The Sir R. PEEL said that he hoped the same measure of jus- commutation amounted to 1501. a-year, out of which, from Lice would be extended to the landlords of tenements above the nature of the pari-h, he was obliged to keep a curate. If 10/., as was by this Bill to those of tenements under that Mr. Lefevre's Bill passed, this clergyman's poor-rate would sum. lie considered it highly dishonest that persons should be increased 20/ea-year, which would leave a balance which hold possession of property, in despite of their landlords after Mr Lefevre's servant would hardly accept. Under such cir due legal notice bad been given to quit, ar,d had no sympathy cult:stances he (Mr. Goulbern) felt it his duty to move that with tenants of any class who would so act.—(Hear, hear.) tee Bill be read a second time that day three months. • Upon that ground he considered that a summary process, if Mr. C. WOOD objected to the postponement of a measure necessary, in case of a small tenement, was equally so in that which was so imperatively called fur. of a large. This process might be different in the two cases, - Sir R. ING LIS supported the amendment. He objected but the principle was the same, whether the tenement was one to the Bill as a measure which would put into the pocket of of 10/. value, or of 100/. He certainly could not see any t? n e that which properly belonged to the titheowner. reason why the constituent body were to be doubly privileged, Mr. DARBY supported the Bill. and if this Bill were to pass as now proposed, there could be Mr. S HAW LEFT VRE explained. This Bill would pro_ no doubt that it would confer on them another privilege be- duce no result of which the tithe-payers need be at all afraid sides the elective franchise. He, for his own part, did not see even in districts where the mode of assessment was most fa what the amount of the rent had to do with the principle of vourable to them. the measure. So far as the principle was concerned, he ma Mr. BRUGES supported the Bill, as the law required to doubtedly approved of the Bill, but then instead of fixing the be settled upon the subject, and this Bill would effect that pur limit at - 10/., he for his own part would prefer extending the pose without injury to either party. Where the rent-charge jurisdiction to 2c/., or even to a higher amount. was the representative of the tithe the only question was, whe- The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was glad to find that this ther the tithe should ,produce a profit, and the rate should be measure had met with such genera l appro b at i on f rom a ll sides levied upon that profit. Finding that the Bill would be ad of the House, and he admitted th a t th e p resen t st a t e 'of the law vantageous to all parties, be would give it his support. when there appeared— on this subject was a disgrace to the judicature of the country. The House then divided, • Although he concurred in much of what had fallen from the For the motion Right Hon. Baronet opposite, he still was disposed to think For the amendment - that it was better to proceed gradually than to risk anything by Majority in favour of the motion ---2S effecting too great a change in the first i ns t an c e . Il e approved The House then went into Committee on the Bill. of the limit as to the amount of the rent fixed by the first Several clauses were agreed to, the Bill went through clause, but he had no hesitation in saying that if the measure Committee, and was ordered to be reported on Monday. should be found to work well he would have no objection The House then went into Committee on the Tithes and whatever to extend the jurisdiction at some future period to Land Merger Bill. The report was further considered, a 201., or even to a higher amount. clause was added, on the motion of Mr. Lynch, and the corn- Mr. HARVEY entirely concurred in all that had fallen mittee ordered to report to-morrow. from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamworth. The House then resumed. The amount of the rent was in truth wholly immaterial, and The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill was recommitted, for his own part he could not understand why the principle of on the motion of Mr. Sergeant Currie, and, the Committee the Bill, if it were to be called into operation at all, should not ordered to report to-morrow. apply to the lofty palaces of the rich as well as to the humble The House resumed, and went into Committee on the Par cottages of the poor. By this measure they were clearly estab- liamentary Burghs ( Scotland) Bill. Baling one law for the rich and another for the poor, and to On clause 6 being proposed. such a proceeding he must strongly object. Now with regard Mr. GILLON proposed that the clause be struck out, to the amount of rent, the only point to be ascertained by the which was agreed to, and the clause accordingly struck out. m agistrates would be whether or not the relation of landlord The remaining cl auses o f th e Bill were t h en agree d to , t h e and tenant subsisted between the parties , and if that fact were Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on o nce admitted it was clear that the amount of the rent, whether it Friday, and the Ho use resumed. were high or whether it were low, would be altogether beside PUBLIC RECORDS BILL. the question for decision. Whether, therefore, the rent were On the motion that the House resolve itself into a Com -104 or 1,000/., the principle would be the same ; but of course mittee on this Bill, if the fact of the payment of rent were disputed, then a ques. Colonel SIBTHORP moved, as an amendment, that the tion with respect to the right of property would arise which House adjourn. could not be determined by the Magistrates, but must be re- Mr. RICE defended the Bill, but ferred to the ordinary tribunals of the superior Courts. This Colonel SIBTHORP persisted in pressing the adjourn- Bill, he admitted would effect a partial good ; but so averse ment of the House. • was he to bit-and-bit legislation, that he would not object to The House then divided, when the numbers were— its being-referred to a Committee up stairs, in the hope that For the adjournment 2 next Session they would be able to pass some comprehensive For the original motion 39 measure which would settle all disputed points, and place the The blouse t M he aj n or w it e y nt into Committee on the Bill. 37 law of landlord and tenant on the clear and intelligible footing The several clauses, down to clause 7, were agreed to. on which it ought to stand. Now, there was a hardship which O C o n clause le nel SIBTHORP p ut , he knew professionally, and from personal experience, often objected to thee r elause, on the ground occurred. It not unfrequently happened, and that too, by the Colonel it would increase the patronage of the Government to an connivance of the tenant, that the whole property on the pre unlimited extent. They would be empowered, as the clause miser were swept away under an execution a leer days before stood, to eirploy any number of deputy record-keeps, and quarter day. This was done to defraud the landlord of the other officers and servants, and he thought, before such a quarter's rent, and as he could not distinguish between such a case and the fraudulently taking of a chattel, he would wish n po u w m e b r er w o a f s placed in their hands, they 'should state what the ries were intended to see protection afforded to the landlord in this respect. Ile sonsas b tha! would be requisite, and what sale was, however, glad that the subject had been taken into consi tion to which h ewast entitled, given and tl) informa deration by the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam-mw. itbo T o h t is eff w o a r dsinit he worth, and if the Right Hon. Baronet would extend the juris- must be permitted to say that the Goiernment never ought ht to diction in the present case, not to 201. but 1,0001., he should have brought forward this Bill. He considered the g wbole support him. The SOLICITOR-GENER AL expressed it as his opi- measure a delusion on the public, and strongly prot e sted a gainst such leeislation, nion that they ought not to exceed the limit fixed in the clause, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that and he stated this without any wish whatever that the poor as the payment of the parties to be employed would be brought should be placed in a different situation from the rich. Ile under the consideration of that House in the shape of an esti-- was satisfied that the Bill would be as much an advantage to mate, t h ere could be no danger of the Government using the the tenant as to the landlord. measure for the purposes of patronage. t hw l enor would point dw ans of oat , fact Mr. BROTHERTON conceived that, for the present at whole matter would be placed under the controul of Lord Langdale. SIBTHORP said that he least, it would be better not to go beyond to/. La c n Sir) . B. SUG DEN said that, according to his own ar present state of the House, and knowing gument, the Hon. Member for Southwark ought to vote with against him the ' them ttd the trouble of dividing, hues him. The Hon. Member for Southwark contended that no difference should be made between the rich and the poor, and '' neat that lm he give it was because this Bill would establish such a difference re ' pi oes against this Bill. The clause was then that he (Sir E. Sugden) objected to it. The rights of the ' - agreed to, as were the remaining clauses after which poor would be committed under this measure to the decision ordered 1 be brought the House resumed and the report was of an inferior tribunal, and as this was an arrangement to to ' I . 1 t i c a l l m o r t i i i :e s e y t B The Bill of the Committee on the Imprisonment for which the rich would not submit, he felt it to be his duty to seedt 1 e oT b u th: hee ß eao di l t3 l ihjoie w ui r adjourned s i aersd b d o r ea o rrt u ds e g aor h feQ t dt Quarter to Dayet b h rae ,e, to read were a T m w e nuodttm: hen ic e r amendments do t s itcsi kyn s .ol v es e e r od e , lo f agreedaild Fridayt t i r o e , oppose it. Mr. WARBURTON said if he thought that raising the aura higher than it was at present would be calculated to one danger the success of the Bill, he would be sorry to supportany proposition for that object. However, he had not that apprehension ; but as the promoters of the Bill seemed to fear that raising the sum would endanger the success of the Bill, he would not, therefore, do anything which might be thought to endanger the Bill. Mr. PRYME said that the whole course of English legis lation since the time of Alfred was that there should be a cheap tribunal for small sums, and a large and more august tribunal where important cases were at issue. But, moreover, this was the course recommended by common sense, and be referred to modern legislation to show that this principle was invariably recognized. He contended that the Bill of his llon. Friend was in perfect conformity with the whole course and principle of ancient and modern legislation, as well as the dic tates of common sense. Mr. HAWES was anxious th•mt the sum ot . 10/. in the Bill should be raised to 20/. This alteration would make the Bill an useful and operative Bill, and one which would be found highly beneficial to the metropolis. Unless this alteration were made, the benefits of the Bill would be confined altoge ther to the rural districts. Sir R. PEEL was prepared to try the experiment with 201. instead of 10L, and in doing so he felt that he would have an a•lditional security against any abuse, by including a larger class in the operation of the Bill. Ile did not say this in any hostility to time Bill, for. on the contrary, he would be sorry to do any timing that would have a tendency to diminish or en danger the success of the Bill. Feeling, however that raising the sum would have a contrary effect, lie now begged to move that the sum should be r.tised from IN. to 20. After a few words from Mr. Errcorrae and Mr. DARBY, The ATTORNEY- GENERAL disclaimed any imputa tion that in supporting this Bill he was supporting the prin ciple of making one law for the rich and another for the poor. Ile did not think that this Bill made any such distinction. In many other cases a summary jurisdiction for the recovery of small sums was given, and it was not found oppressive or ob jectionable. After a few words from Mr. AG LION BY the amendment was agreed to. The clause was then added to the Bill. Clauses down to seven, inclusive, were then agreed to. On clause eight, which provides that the Bill should not extend to Scotland or Ireland, Mr. E. TENNENT asked why this Bill was not exten ded to Ireland. There was a great desire amongst the land lords of that canary for a measure of that kind. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that there were et present hi Ireland a number of statutes which to a great ex tent anticipated this measure. He believed that there was at present in Ireland a very competent jurisdiction. After a lex words from Mr. L YNC 11, Mr. AG LIONI3Y said lie had no objection to extend the Bill to Ireland, but on consulting - several Irish barristers he found that they had already iii I eland a very competent juris diction of this kind. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up to- mon OW. BANKRUPTCY COURT BILL, The SOLICITOR GENERAL stated that he would post pone this Bill (as we understood) to next Session. Mr. D. W. HARVEY said that the. postponement of this Bill was a homage to the efficacy of persevering opposition.-- (A laugh.) He was glad the Bill was postponed, PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS BILL. On the Order of the Day for going into Committee on this Bill. An agricultural farmer, not one hundred miles frog) Great Eceleston, resolving to hive a glorious crop of beans, tilled a OC IC with the intended seed, and by means of a rope lowered it carefully to the bottom of a deep well on his premises, in full anticipation that the pulse, when softened by the water, would, when sown, produce an ea rlier , and more plentif u l return. On the third day, after thus depositing th e beaus, he went to the spot and began to hoist up the sack ; but findinlL it much lighter (in place of heavier) than when he deposited it, some misgivings came upon{ his mind, and he exclaimed, in phraseology peen: liar to himself—pausing ere he emptied the sack out of the water doll the;, thou stupid oaf I I'm afeard thou'rt bound to be trecherous! Nor were his apprehensions unfounded. The beans, as might bo ex peeled, had swelled to double their size when dry, and as the experirnee talist had made no allowance of room for such a contingency, all that he found attached to the rope was the burst and empty bag—the beans beial left at the bottom to vegetate as they might !—Preston Observer. WALL'S END COALS.—AII the world has heard of Wall's End coal; but all the world does not know what this designs' lion implies. It means simply this. At the end of the great Monroe Wall (of which by and-by)--about three miles below Newcastle, t o the eust—some fortunate proprietor or proprietors, not very many years at e ' found it remarkably fine vein of coal, which bore down all coill'e t i i Mien, and which seemed as inexhaustible its quantity as siti r ivalls in quality. Demands, o f great extent, came from all quarters—and s learned, while a t G ates h ea d , t h at it was only just now exhausted; another vein, its a contiguous quarter, promises to be excellent a equally abundant.—Dr. Dibdin's Northern Tour. --- E IGHT-DIY CLOCKS' to strike the Hours and Half-hours, Five Guineas each. They sr . in elegant eases, about 7i inches high. suitable either to stand on 1 : bracket or mantel-piece, and are Warranted, at T. COX SA VORY'S, Working Goldsmith,}c6. &c., 47, Cornhill, Londe° (Seven Doors from GracechurtCstreet). N.l3,—A pamphlet containing drawings and a detailed list 61 the pries of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., Inar b e had gratis, or will be forth arded in answer to a post-paid applice_Lt.Lti 11 111 The Hon. M rs . George Hope, of a son and heir, at 77, Solid i Audley-street, on the morning of Wednesday, July 18th. On the 15th inst., in Woburn-square, Mrs. Edward Webster, ° a daughter. 1 At Nea Eouse, on the lo c h i nst., t h e lady of Lieut.-0010 e Gordon Cameron, of a thughter. On the 15th inst., at Liverpool, Mrs. Stolterfoht, of a daughter. On the 1 lth inst., at Worthing, the lady of T. S. Brandt - A' Esq., of a son. On the 15th inst., in' South Audley-street, the lady of Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq., of a daughter. On the lath inst., at Woolley Lodge, Berks, the lady of. Rob ert Doyne, Esq., of a son. On the 14th inst., in Grosvenor-terrace, Horseferry .road, We Minster, Mrs. H. F. Holt, of a son. Sir R. INGLIS presented a petition against the Bill from the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. Mr. G OUL BURN saiil that the title of this Bill had so little reference to its clauses; that it would not be competent fur any Member to introdtre it into Committee. The course taken with rapeet to this Bill was without precedent, for the enactments of the Bill had no reference to its title. He thought it woull, therefore, be better that the Bill should be allowed to drop. Sir R. INGLIS concurred in the objection raised by his Right Hon. Friend. He thought it would be better to al low the Bill to (Iron. Mr. SHAW LEFEVRF. said, that as doubts hal arisen as to the purpose a the Bill, he would more,,.as 411 amend ment, the insertion of the we:l4 " declare and eaaet" in each clause. Mr. GOULBURN said, that bringing in a Bill in the manner in which that Bill had been introduced, was a 444 pervc.riou of the constitutional practice of the House. He felt it was a point on which the House ought to be jealous, and he hoped that some remedy would be found by the Hon. Gentleman oppirit;.. SPEAkhR said, it was certainly the general rule that a declaratory Bill should not also ho an eaacting one ; but he thought that if any doubt a uteri on the subjeet, the m'stake could be Tcaleded i s y an instruction to the Committee. Mr. UTOChiiRT said, that if the lion. Gentleman had been taken by surprise, be could postpone the Commiitto another evening ; but be (Mr. Eateptlrg lq,e4 that 11.9 eon. Af.4l?ltIRD. W. Knighton, Bart., to Clernentina, (laught er o f J o h n J ame s°o , British 111inister at Fl orence, Si r WI" Es .: . t. , t , l , t r e D r r e n s m i d m e l o ic n e d c i f: a l: t e e : EdinbitrAh. 4 On the 10th of May l as t, a t Algoa Bay, South Afric a , FA"' Martitrer Gore Clough, E sq ., son o f the late Dr. Clough, of 13e ' o f rwrs-str•et, to Ann. eldest (laughter of Henry Lovemore, Esq.' Bushy-park, in the d.strict of Uitenhage. Alf.ma Bay. 'l'. On the 12th inst., at Whitechurch s - Dublin, the Rev. .10 1 ~i 1 t • Al'Dermott, e ld est son of the late Joseph M'Dermott, Esq.. of ':r williara•square, D u bli n, to CE.l'oline, eldest daughter of R. 10°'" , Esq., Captain 7th Royal Fusiliers. ~,,i . , On the 14th inst. at Thakeham, Sussex, George Lear, 1-' 1 0 , solicitor, Storrington. to Charl o tt e , only daughter of the late .-" Upperton, Esq , of Abingworth. ....e ----------- D lED. . E ifl On the 14th i nst., in Duke-street, Westminst er , Mary Ann, 701 Captain B. MarwocAl Kelly, R.N., and on l y d aug h ter o f Ric" • Price, Esq. On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, John Parkes, Esq., of I3a tb aged 71. At Ostend, on the 3d inst., aged 8, Mary Jane Wilhelm.na'ulia second (lau g ht er o f th e R ev . E . J enkins, M.A., British C: aP at Brussels. On the 3d inst., at Montrose, North Britain, Mary, reli,t ofit. Benny. Esq., aged 78. At Spratton Hall, No rthamptonshire, on t . inst., wife of H . Ilcyne, Esq. After a few (lays illn ess , J o h n Martland, Esq., of Par—nieat' t street, Westmi ns t er . On the 11th inst., at Greenwich, Mrs. Clementson, fo rmerly Oxfor,l-streat, .101 0 On the lath i nst., in St. Anne's-road, North Brixton, Sampar.ri Sage, of the firm of Naldel, Sage, and Co., CheaPakv. On the 15th i nst., i n Bermondsey -street, Robert Maskew , On the 15th i nst., Mary, daughter of R. Hennell, Esq., ° warde's-place, Kensington. On the 15th inst., in St. Martin's-le-Grand, Mr. J ,, seph J°lles' of aged 17, •.'On the sth inst., at Havre de Grace, aged 89, Helena, w A. Hunter, Esq. On th e 15th of April last, at Barnwell, Lieutenant Geo. 'I A A?' 15th Beng a l N at i ve Infantry, youngest son of the late W. b Esq., of Beclford.square. -•••• i.' Landon Printed a n d (//bli,bed by 5111 RD( Y ( /ti Gh'_ of COl - 112, Strand, a t Th e Se* Office, No, 112, Strand, in t of Niddosex.--Ititttsday, July 19 11+38. I.